PHILADELPHIA—Pharmaco-vigilance was being urged here — as a key part of the strategy to improve malaria control in Africa and elsewhere — in a...
January, 2012
Schistosomiasis In sub-Saharan Africa: The Under Fives Need Praziquantel+
PHILADELPHIA—Scientists in the UK and Uganda have now completed a three year study showing that young children are at continued risk of intestinal schistosomiasis...
Malaria Resistance Genes: Implications For Spread Of Artemisinin Resistance+
PHILADELPHIA—Research findings on gene changes enabling malaria parasites to resist anti-malarial drugs were discussed at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting...
Multi-Tasking Gene Analyser Boosts Trypanosomiasis Treatment Hopes+
LONDON—A new laboratory technique is making it possible to analyse many gene processes simultaneously, bringing hope that trypanosomiasis — also known as sleeping sickness...
Rapid Diagnostic Tests For Malaria Guide Treatment And Save Lives+
PHILADELPHIA—The recently-introduced rapid diagnostic test kits for malaria are saving lives — and not just among patients with malaria. In research for the London...
Global Health Lab: Welfare State, Sustainable In An Ageing Population?+
LONDON—The ‘Welfare State’ can be sustained globally — even in the rapidly ageing societies of low- and middle-income countries. Social protection should not be...
PopART: All-Out War On AIDS In Africa+
LONDON—A massive new study of HIV/AIDS could help turn the tide of the epidemic globally. The PopART study — of 24 communities in Zambia...
How Mosquitoes Resist Repellents: New Arthropod Research Service On Display+
PHILADELPHIA—How populations of mosquitoes become insensitive to insect repellents has been researched by scientists at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in...
Research Finds HIV/AIDS Discordant Couples Face Stigma+
LONDON—The extent to which people infected with HIV are marginalised has been highlighted by a report from the Sigma Research Group at the London...
Malaria—Insecticide Research Promises To Beat Mosquito Resistance+
MOSHI, TANZANIA—New insecticides being tested in Tanzania promise to overcome the biggest threat to malaria control in Africa: the mosquito’s resistance to pyrethroid insecticides....
Malaria Elimination: Research Findings At ASTMH Conference+
PHILADELPHIA, USA—The world is on track for eliminating malaria, according to scientists attending the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual conference. The...
New Insecticides Promise To Beat Mosquito Resistance In Africa+
MOSHI, TANZANIA—New insecticides to control mosquitoes — being tested in Tanzania — promise to overcome the biggest threat to malaria control in Africa: resistance...